Sound by John Tyndall(
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2014
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"The extracts here given from the prefaces to former editions will enable the reader to note what may be called the historic
development of the present work. To each succeeding edition I have added an account of the more recent work done by myself
and others. As stated elsewhere, the work has appeared in various languages, and, while subjected to justifiable criticism,
it has been, on the whole, exceedingly well received. A reviewer of a French translation wrote complainingly of the absence
of mathematics from the work. On the other hand, Helmholtz and Wiedemann, who supervised the German translation, wrote approvingly
of the manner in which even the more difficult problems of acoustics had been dealt with by a purely experimental method.
The learned Germans had seized my object more correctly than the French reviewer. To introduce mathematics into the volume
would, from my point of view, have been to ruin it. Like my work on Heat, these lectures on Sound were intended to rouse the
public mind to a sense of the interest and importance and, if possible, to the fascinations of physical science. My aim throughout
has been to stimulate as much as to instruct"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)

Faraday as a discoverer by John Tyndall(
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2015
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First published in 1868, soon after the death of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), this short work assesses the discoveries made
by a humble bookbinder who became one of the foremost scientific investigators of the nineteenth century. Eminently qualified,
John Tyndall (1820-93), who received Faraday's support in taking up the professorship of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution
in 1853, gives an informed appraisal of a remarkable scientific career. The protégé of Sir Humphry Davy, Faraday went on
to carry out pioneering work in the fields of electromagnetism, diamagnetism and electrolysis. Tyndall focuses here on Faraday's
research, describing his influences and how he approached his investigations, although insights into his character are also
incorporated: 'Underneath his sweetness and gentleness was the heat of a volcano.' Also reissued in this series are The Life
and Letters of Faraday (1870), compiled by Henry Bence Jones, and John Hall Gladstone's Michael Faraday (1872)

The forms of water in clouds & rivers, ice & glaciers by John Tyndall(
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1862
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2013
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English and German
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John Tyndall (1820–93) was an Irish physicist who became fascinated by mountaineering after a scientific expedition to Switzerland
in 1856. He traversed the summit of the Matterhorn in 1868 and climbed Mount Blanc three times. Alongside this love of mountains
was a scientific interest in glaciers and ice formations. Tyndall was also well-regarded for his ability to communicate with
the public about science. Many of his books, such as this one, published in 1872 as part of the International Scientific Series,
are aimed at the general reader. Tyndall uses this work to explain many aspects of water, beginning with cloud formation and
rain before moving on to ice, snow and glaciers. He also discusses the principles behind phenomena ranging from tropical rains
to glacial movement. Illustrated and organised into 493 different points under themed headings, this book gives clear explanations
of the complexity of the earth's water system

Six lectures on light : delivered in America in 1872-1873 by John Tyndall(
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1873
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2011
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Born in Leighlinbridge in Ireland, John Tyndall (1820–93) was a brilliant nineteenth-century experimental physicist and gifted
science educator. He worked initially as a draughtsman, then spent a year teaching at an English school before attending the
University of Marburg to study physics and chemistry. Tyndall carried out important research on magnetism, light and bacteriology.
Among his many significant achievements, he demonstrated the greenhouse effect in Earth's atmospheric gases using absorption
spectroscopy. He was a skilled and entertaining educator and as Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution he
gave many public lectures and demonstrations of science. Published in 1873, this book features six accessible lectures on
light. They explore a wide range of ideas in a non-technical way, from basic scientific theories through magnetism and light
scattering, to analytical spectroscopy. The book ends with a series of essays on special topics, and includes a detailed index

Hours of exercise in the Alps by John Tyndall(
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1871
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2011
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John Tyndall (1820–93) was a prominent physicist, particularly noted for his studies of thermal radiation and the atmosphere.
He was a prolific writer and lecturer, who was able to bring experimental physics to a wide audience. While researching his
1860 work, The Glaciers of the Alps, he became a proficient climber, and this work, first published in 1871, combines climbing
expeditions in Switzerland with comments on glaciation and geology. It was extremely popular, with a second edition in the
same year, and German and American editions in 1872. He was one of a group of noted Alpinists of the period, making the first
ascent of the Weisshorn in Switzerland and finally conquering the Matterhorn in 1868, three years after its first ascent.
This account of Victorian climbing expeditions makes fascinating reading, and shows the length an experimental scientist was
prepared to go in search of knowledge

New fragments by John Tyndall(
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)59
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1892
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2011
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English and Undetermined
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Born in Leighlinbridge in Ireland, John Tyndall (1820–93) was a brilliant nineteenth-century experimental physicist and gifted
science educator. He worked initially as a draughtsman, then spent a year teaching at an English school before attending the
University of Marburg to study physics and chemistry. Tyndall carried out important research on magnetism, light and bacteriology.
Among his many significant achievements, he demonstrated the greenhouse effect in Earth's atmospheric gases using absorption
spectroscopy. He was a skilled and entertaining educator and as Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution he
gave many public lectures and demonstrations of science. In this engaging potpourri of essays published in 1893, Tyndall's
prose enlivens subjects as diverse as the life of Louis Pasteur, observing the Sabbath, the prevention of phthisis (tuberculosis),
personal experiences of Alpine mountaineering, and the science of rainbows

Contributions to molecular physics in the domain of radiant heat. A series of memoirs published in the 'Philosophical transactions'
and 'Philosophical magazine' with additions by John Tyndall(
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)28
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1872
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2014
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314 WorldCat member
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First edition of an important collection of memoirs, from Febr. 1861 on, in the field of Tyndall's major work, the effects
of solar and heat radiation on atmospheric gases (1860-1870). He then considered the scattering of light particles in the
atmosphere (the Tyndall effect) and explained the blue color of the sky (Rayleigh scattering). The scattering of sunlight
by dust particles led him to consider means of destroying airborne organic matter by heat . Tyndall is remembered chiefly
for his efforts to verify the high absorptive and radiative power of aqueous vapor; to measure the absorption and transmission
of heat by many different gasses and liquids . Practical applications of his work in meteorology, fog signaling, and bacteriology
were seen within his lifetime. . (DSB)